This chart compares the behaviour of advanced savscan options against the behaviour of a scheduled scan.

Known to apply to the following Sophos product(s) and version(s)

Sophos Anti-Virus for UnixSophos Anti-Virus for Linux

Operating systems Linux Unix

Details

savscan

savscan is the command-line scanner used in Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux version 7. This utility contains many configurable options to change the behaviour of the scan. If changing advanced options is required it is recommended to use 'cron' or other method to schedule a savscan, rather than using built-in scheduled scanning.

For full details of savscan options, see: man savscan

Scheduled Scans

Scheduled scans contain a simplified number of options to allow for easy scan configuration. These scans are controlled by the Sophos Anti-Virus daemon and can be locally scheduled or scheduled by Sophos Enterprise Console